After transmigrating into the book, Shang Yan did not inherit the original owner’s memories. Everything she knew was from what she had read in the book, so she only knew the characters in the novel from words and did not recognize their faces. She was even less familiar with characters like this who had not been described at all.
However, since the girl called her Yan Yan, they probably had a good relationship, so she calmly replied, “Nothing, just thinking about something happy.”
The girl nodded but did not leave. She seemed to want to say something but had not thought of how to say it. After hesitating for a moment, she carefully looked at Shang Yan’s face and, seeing that she was in a good mood, said, “Yan Yan, did you come to school alone today?”
Shang Yan shook her head, “No, I came with someone.”
From her unnoticed perspective, Xia Wen lightly bit her lip, “With whom?”
Shang Yan looked puzzled and asked her what was wrong.
Xia Wen forced a smile and shook her head. “It’s nothing, I just saw you walking with a boy today.”
Shang Yan gave an “oh,” not paying much attention, then glanced at Xia Wen again. “I don’t think I saw you yesterday.”
“I was sick yesterday, sorry, Yan Yan forgot to tell you.”
Xia Wen wanted to ask more, but the morning self-study bell rang, and the homeroom teacher entered the classroom, so she had to give up and return to her seat.
All morning, Xia Wen was restless, the image of Shang Yan and Shang Yi walking together repeatedly flashing through her mind. Why were they together? These two had absolutely no connection.
In this atmosphere of both relaxation and anxiety, the morning quietly slipped away.
At noon, Shang Yan, who hadn’t been to school in a long time, slept soundly. There were only four classes in the morning, two of which were chemistry. The mere mention of hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, and boron woke her up.
Since she couldn’t understand it anyway, she used it to catch up on sleep. She was caught by the teacher once, but she couldn’t control herself and fell asleep again. The teacher made her stand up again, and she fell asleep by the window.
Strong people never complain about their environment.
“Yangyang, let’s go eat spaghetti today.”
A soft female voice rang out, and Xia Wen came over to find Shang Yang to have lunch together, as usual.
During the break, Shang Yang deliberately borrowed Xia Wen’s chemistry book, ostensibly to look at her notes, but actually to see what her name was. After all, it would be too OOC if she couldn’t even remember her friend’s name.
Shang Yang nodded and got up from her seat. After trying the school cafeteria yesterday, she was thoroughly disappointed, but there was nothing she could do. She was too picky about food, and few people could satisfy her.
“Why are you wearing your school uniform today?”
Xia Wen intimately linked arms with Shang Yang, but was pushed away. She was stunned and withdrew her hand.
“Oh, I want to wear it.” Shang Yan didn’t know why she was somewhat resistant to Xia Wen’s touch. “Is there a problem?”
“Of course not, you look beautiful in anything.”
From these few words, Shang Yan learned that the original owner didn’t like wearing school uniforms. She glanced down at the red and white school uniform she was wearing, with the four bright red characters “Beijing No. 1 High School” printed on the chest.
No wonder she didn’t like wearing it.
Beijing No. 1 High School is the top high school in Beijing, with the best teachers in the country. The horizons and opportunities that students here can access are unparalleled, and the students who stay at this school are even more extraordinary.
They are roughly divided into two categories: one is the children of wealthy families with superior family backgrounds, and the other is the outstanding students with exceptionally good grades. There are no spoiled brats at Beijing No. 1 High School. Students are selected through competitive incentives, and even the competition qualifications are considered strict by outsiders.
Unlike ordinary wealthy families who choose private international education, they pursue absolute leadership in the main track, so as to be closer to the core decision-making of the country’s future, the academic community, and the reserve force of mainstream industries.
Furthermore, attending such a public school meant that differences in family background were somewhat mitigated by the uniform standard of academic performance, providing some families with necessary privacy and preventing them from drawing too much attention.
Therefore, even the cafeteria at Beijing No. 1 High School was luxuriously built, consisting of two four-story buildings, each offering different cuisines, catering to both northern and southern flavors.
They went to the second-floor Western restaurant. While queuing, Shang Yan bumped into Shang Yi. The moment their eyes met, the boy looked away, pretending not to see her.
…
What did this mean? Had their relationship deteriorated to the point that they didn’t want others at school to know about their relationship?
Could that be acceptable? Not only did they have similar names, but they also looked like gender-swapped versions of each other.
The queue moved quickly. Xia Wen stood in front of Shang Yan, ordered a tomato meat sauce spaghetti from the window, and then turned to look at Shang Yan.
“Meat sauce crepe, please.”
Shang Yan finished speaking and stood there waiting for her food, only to be met with a questioning look from the cafeteria auntie. A moment of silence fell, and Xia Wen’s face flushed slightly. She carefully tugged at Shang Yan’s sleeve and whispered, “Yang Yan, use your meal card to pay.”
Shang Yan gave an “oh,” thinking, “A meal card? How high-class.” “I saw you didn’t do anything after you said that, I thought it was enough to just say it.”
This was Shang Yan’s true feeling, without any sarcasm, because she used to pay for her meals directly for a month when she was in school and had never used a meal card. But to Xia Wen, it sounded a bit harsh. Her slender fingers clenched slightly, hiding inside her sleeve.
Shang Yan felt around in her coat pocket, then in her own pocket, but couldn’t find her meal card. She looked at Xia Wen and said, “Could you swipe it for me first? I’ll return it to you later, thank you.”
“Huh?”
Xia Wen hadn’t expected this, and her ears quickly turned red. She stammered for a while, “Yanyan, I didn’t bring my meal card either.” Since Shang Yan usually treated her to meals, she had no idea where she’d put her meal card.
Upon hearing this, Shang Yan’s mind clicked. So the original owner had been treating this friend to meals all along! The original owner was incredibly generous; if she had met such a kind person back then, she would have married him long ago.
Neither of them had their cards, and the aunt’s gaze towards them became complicated. These kids from a top school were actually trying to dine and dash in broad daylight!
The atmosphere became somewhat awkward, and the students behind them were getting impatient. Shang Yan had no choice but to move aside, intending to leave.
No card? Then she wouldn’t eat; she didn’t like it anyway.
Coincidentally, just as she turned around, Shang Yi had also finished buying his food. Seeing an acquaintance, Shang Yan raised an eyebrow. Now she had someone to pay the bill.
So she waved and shouted, “Shang Yi! Come here and swipe my card!”
Xia
Wen’s expression froze instantly after Shang Yan uttered those words, looking at her in disbelief.
Upon hearing the name Shang Yi, many people around turned to look. They were surprised that someone was calling out to Shang Yi in the cafeteria, and shocked that someone was actually asking him to swipe his meal card! How could this be?!
Then, under everyone’s gaze, Shang Yi, with an indifferent and aloof face, remained silent for a long time before actually walking over, taking out his meal card, and paying.
The onlookers: !!!
School forum: Shocking! Shang Yi, the top student at Beijing No. 1 High School, generously pays for a mysterious woman!
The post quickly went viral, with comments refreshing rapidly. Since it happened during lunch break, and the poster even included photos, the credibility was high.
[Studying to appease parents: Oh, the top student is dating? The object of his affections isn’t right, shouldn’t it be the campus belle, Lü?]
[Hey, hey, hey, call the police: Second floor of the cafeteria, Western food area, guaranteed! The top student obediently went to swipe his card as soon as he was called!]
[Hermes is not as good as me: I’ve never seen Shang Yi speak to anyone other than a teacher. Poster, you’re making this up without any factual basis!] 【
Studying physics and chemistry ruins life: +1, I’ve always suspected that Shang Yi doesn’t like living people because he doesn’t communicate with anyone, sometimes he even ignores the teachers.】
【Let me sleep: Hmm? Not Lu Xiaohua? Lu Xiaohua would be furious if she saw this, hahaha, everyone knows she likes Shang Yi!】
【Evil old lady: I went to the scene, it’s true, I’m heartbroken, sob sob, I’m going to fall in love with a new male god!】